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Contortionist Zaira performs with the Family Fun Circus
T. Lucas photos |
Toni Lucas, Pincher Creek Voice
The smell of cotton candy filled the air as the audience came to watch the Family Fun Circus perform at Pincher Creek's Memorial Community Centre Arena on Thursday, May 9, 2013.
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| Juggling Johnny |
Teens, children-in-arms with their parents, and grandparents came to enjoy the show. For some of these kids it was their first circus. Two shows ran for close to two hours each and delivered beautiful ladies in spangled outfits, feats of dexterity and daring, and other entertainments to the crowd.
Johnny warmed up the crowd with some fantastic juggling. Amanda and Jairo took to the stage and their dog act was fun, and highly amusing.
14 year old contortionist Zaira thrilling to watch. The different ways she could bend her body seemed to defy some of the rules of human anatomy. Amanda also showed off her flexibility with her hula-hoop act.
During intermission roasted peanuts, sno-cones and bouncy tents kept the kids amused.
Flippy the Clown was a greasepaint superhero, amusing everyone with his antics, inviting audience participation and showing a lot of style during his time in the ring. Aerialist Amanda had some of the audience gasping with her stunts on a ring suspended in the air.
Jairo was the show-stopper. After the announcement disclaiming that no one should ever try to imitate what he was going to do, he came out and performed with fire, evoking gasps of delight with the audience and bringing the show to a memorable close.
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| Audience participation |
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Yes at one time i worked for this circus. Heres the family run business i know. One of their tactics is to find down on their luck homeless people and offer them $20 a day plus room and board to work as laborers. They push and work you literally like a dog for about 15 to 17 hours a day then will find any excuse possible to get out of paying you your $20. In the winter months you have the option of going back to winter quarters with them at 14969 Beckett Road in Seagoville Texas. Its the same there but you work for just room and board. Two very skimpy little meals a day after busting your hump for anywhere from 15 to 20 hours a day. They also hide huge amounts of money from the IRS. Ive never forgotten the way they did me. Basically i lived like and was treated like an animal.
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